|
Unless we were independently wealthy, had a successful bank robbing career, or googled 'time machine' in the future so we could learn how to build a time machine so we could go back in time and buy stock in 'Google', most of us gamers in the nineties probably only dreamed of owning a Neo Geo.
Of course, in the nineties I was also dreaming of swimming in two hundred and fifty dollars worth of pudding in the kids swimming pool at Slacker House, but that's another story. And that didn't actually happen until near the end of the nineties anyway.
Activities that make your hair smell terrible aside, I always assumed a Neo Geo was going to be out of my league. Even if I somehow did sell my sister and got the console itself, each game was going to cost more than the Super Nintendo I traded twenty NES games to acquire. And some of those Neo Geo games I could beat in twenty minutes in the arcade- not the kind of staying power my then-current F-Zero and Final Fantasy II (IV) could provide.
While visions of Magician Lord and King of Fighters danced about my bad haircut, I shoved them aloft with the other fanciful "if I get rich" scenarios that accompanied my dreams, like owning KITT from Knight Rider or actually selling my sister.
Well, it's been a decade and a half since then, and things have changed. I didn't get rich, I realized I liked owning a Subaru more than a talking Trans Am, and my sister and I are pretty good friends who no longer try to sell each-other. But my collection still begged for a Neo Geo, and after a little bit of research and realizing I still didn't want to pay hundreds of dollars for so many games in the library, I down-scaled my interests into the CD version. After a few weeks of searching and trades, I am now the proud owner of one Neo Geo CD!!
I already picked up Double Dragon in anticipation last year, and it came with King of Fighters 94,95,96, Fatal Fury 3, and one controller.
Ahem. ONE controller. For a library of 2D fighters. That's like a hermit buying a copy of Atari's Combat to go along with his copy of Pong. Makes as much sense as buying a Jaguar for RPGs.
I've got another controller on order, and hopefully it will arrive before I snap the first one in half over some of the notoriously cheap AI.
And now I've come to the realization that, as much as I always wanted one of these things, with BlazBlue, Street Fighter IV, and Soul Calibur IV on my shelf, and all of my SNK fighter friends moved away, I need a reason to play this thing. I don't even get achievements for tackling Geese Howard or exclusively using Mai. It still belongs here in the collection, but I gotta find some shooters or Final Fight clones fast, or its just going to go back into a box until I build my Gamer Dungeon 2.0, and that's just kinda sad.
I'll hit up the forums and see what people have for sale. Any suggestions?
p.s.
If you do manage, somehow, to get that much pudding in your hair, find a public pool that'll let you in. The chlorine strips out the smell, and then you can take a normal shower to not feel as sticky.
*
***......
* """""""""".......
""""""""The More You Know.............
Recent Entries In Which I Describe Pizza Tower at an Exhaustingly Long Length (7/31/2024)
Remasters, Remakes, Rereleases, and Remembering the Past (3/30/2024)
The Top 5 Survival Horror Games for the Sega Dreamcast (2/20/2024)
Trombone Champ Is a Good Game (12/30/2023)
Thoughts on the Nintendo Switch OLED Model (11/21/2023)
|
Congrats!! I've wanted an AES since I was a kid too. CD seems like a solid alternative though.
| |
One thing to keep in mind about the CD alternative is loading. You could get health reform passed through the U.S. Congress in the amount of time it takes to load an entire King of Fighters game. Not preferable for fast paced fighters.
| |
You need to keep writing blogs.
Also
I have never been very familiar with anything NeoGeo.
But back when i was a carefree minor i did have ISOs of the library.
Are the load times worse than early PS2?
Example Wrath of Cortex. 4 mins to load a stage that could be completed in 30-45 seconds.
| |
And you need to keep complimenting my fragile ego 
Just kidding. My ego isn't that fragile. Until I play Street Fighter IV online again. Then you'll find me staring at my super nintendo and wondering what went wrong.
The load times, especially the initial one, can take a few minutes, might time it for fun and report back to ya. But like watching a sitcom on NBC, you spend every few minutes waiting for what you wanted to return, and it happens so often you wonder if what you're doing is worth it. Especially when you have a version without such old-school technical hiccups. Or you wait until the series is out in a box set. I've confused my examples. And now I want a Fatal Fury sitcom.
| |
Congrats on getting the Neo Geo CD, but I am suprised it took you this long my friend, after all, Ive had one for a little while, but I know that you'll have a much bigger collection than me in about 3 months, no hate at all given on this, but congrats again!!
| |
Thanks! My collection grows in weird ways, based on whims, research, and sudden finds. My main goal has always leaned toward the classic trinity (NES, SNES, Gen) but much like Den68 and others, I grab anything video game related that I can afford (and sometimes beyond )
I checked out your site, very cool! Kinda wish you still lived in PA, I'm looking for other collectors in the area to help out and trade.
My NGCD will likely only grow when I find trusted RFGen/DP sellers or at conventions where I can check the disc for data rot personally. Too many problems buying online lately.
Thanks again!
| |
The Neo Geo CD was fun for awhile but i got bored with it over time.
| |
I think it's eventual worth will be judged based on how many good two player games I can compete with people. I've still got a SNK fighter fan that comes over, but I need some system exclusives that I can use to justify playing instead of just using a KOF collection on a faster-loading system.
The hunt begins!
| |
That was my down fall. Didn't have any friends or family members to play any of the fighting games i had.
| |
That's the crux of 2D fighters: Peerless if you have someone at your level to play with, quickly boring if you don't. When Street Fighter IV came out I thought I could hang and stay competitive. I always forget Xbox Live is populated by twelve-year-olds who can play for 30 hours a week.
| |
Congrats, its always really cool when get something you've been after for ages.
| |
I think it will get expensive for me to start collecting retro systems...but hell I'm going to do it anyways
|
|
Login or register to comment
|
|
It appears as though you are not a member of our site, or are not logged in.
|
It appears as though you can not comment currently. Becoming able to comment though is easy! All you need to do is register for the site! Not only will you be able to access any other site features including the forum and collection tools. If you are a registered user and just need to login then you can do so here.
Comment! It's easy, thoughtful, and who knows you might just enjoy it!
|
|
